The chairman, Governing Council of the institution, Mr. Olabode
Augusto, said at the beginning of every
academic year, the students are expected to pay their fees and then go ahead to
register through a portal for the courses they should take. He said in the
second semester, the portal was opened for two weeks, but that the students
asked for more time and it was opened for another one month. Following another
appeal, the portal was again opened for seven days. During this period, he said
over 11, 000 students registered while a little over 1000 students failed to
register.
He said the university was re-opened close the Yuletide
period following a strike, and that the students again started begging for the
portal to be re-opened, but that the management refused because it would
disrupt academic activities. He said he had met with the students when they
earlier protested about the non-reopening of the portal. He said the Governing
Council agreed with the management’s decision but said the agreement was that
those who had paid the fees but could not register would have to carry over to
the following semester, but would not pay another school fees.
He said the SUG
officials argued that some of the students could not meet the payment deadline
because they are from poor homes, but added that the institution has a payment
plan and was lenient because of students from poor homes but that the students
must inform the school.
Students of the institution who thronged the state Assembly
for the hearing were prevented from getting into the chamber by armed security
men at the gate of the House. The VC noted that LASU has always been bedevilled
by crisis of lack of early registration by students.
“When students fail courses, they go to the portal to delete
courses in which they failed and add the ones which they passed. They call it
add and delete,” he said of the fraudulent activities of the students.
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Hmmmmm! LASU is not it at all
ReplyDeleteDoes it mean d managemnt can't instill discipline?
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